“Since 1999, EWIC has supported new worker
programs that meet business needs. EWIC has
worked with businesses and other advocates to
develop a program that ﬁlls this critical gap in
our legal immigration system.”

– EWIC Testimony before the House Education and the Workforce
Committee, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

“ From 2010 to 2020, the U.S.
economy is projected to add 20.5
million new jobs.”

– Bureau of Labor Statistics

“...[I]mmigration laws should
be rewritten to focus on
economic priorities.”

– Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

"If we want the economy to grow, we will need
workers. When we can’t ﬁnd U.S. workers we
need to be able to hire foreign workers.”

– EWIC Testimony before the House Education and
the Workforce Committee, Subcommittee on
Workforce Protections

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The Essential Worker Immigration Coalition (“EWIC”) is a broad-based coalition of national businesses and trade associations from across the industry spectrum who support comprehensive immigration reform and are concerned with the shortage of both semi-skilled and unskilled (“essential worker”) labor. EWIC supports policies that facilitate the employment of essential workers by U.S. companies that are unable to find American workers.

The Essential Worker Immigration Coalition was formed to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform that includes secure borders, a pathway to lawful status for unauthorized immigrants, a fair, efficient and workable employment eligibility verification system and a guest worker program that